Mail or the like box



C. E. ARNOLD.

MAIL 0H THE LIKE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. a, 192|.

` Patented. Apr. 25, i922.

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UNITED STTES;

PATENT OFFICE.

'enanas E. AnNoLD, or SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

MAIL OR THE LIKE BOX.

T all lwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I,CHARLES E. ARNOLD, ai

4citizen of the United States, and a resident cation.

My invention relates to boxes which are commonly used as receptacles forholding mail before its collection, by either the mail man, or theaddressee.

Boxes such as these are, used in.oiiice buildings, dwellings and otherplaces as a collection receptacle for letters and other mail, and thesame are deposited therein by the postman to await collection by theaddressee, or they may be deposited by the. sender, awaiting collectionby the postman. Sometimes theseboxes are used on the outside ofdwellings, oflices and other places, and it often happens the'box is notof the proper size, or the dimensions of the same are insuicient toaccommodate unusually large envelopes and it has heretofore beennecessary to deposit such largeV envelopes either on the floor or otherplaces where it Y may become lost or mixed with other paraphernalia,which results in delayed ydelivery.

The primary object of my invention is to make a slight departure fromthe construction of the conventional type of mail boxto provide meansforaccommodating envelopes and other mail matter which is too large to bereceived in the receptacle itself.

I have illustrated the preferred embodi- Vment of the invention in theaccompanying drawing, in which the ligure is a perspective view of amore or less conventlonal type of mail box illustrating the applicationof the invention.

Referring to the ligure in detail, the box A may be constructed alongany desired lines and of anyv material; for instance, it may include arelatively deep, four-sided recep-v tacle having a bottom (5) and Vanopen top. The front (6) may include a plurality of lpose described.

Specification of Letters Patent.` l Patented A pl. 25, 1922.

, Application mea January 8,-1921. serial No. 435,903. v

elongated slots (7) as is sometimes customs? ary, and the box mayterminate with its upper portion providing a hanger by produclng one ormore-'small openings (b) in the thickness of the same, through whichscrews, nails, tacks or other fastening means may bepassed and driveninto a wall, post,

door frameor other supporting structure.

In some instances the boxes may be made of cheap metal, preferably` suchas tinfto make them economical to manufacture in large quantities.'

Mail may be deposited in the box by the postman to await a call by theaddressee, or it'may be deposited by the sender to await a call by thepostman. At any rate, it often happens, as before mentioned, that someof the mail is too large to be accommodated by the usual type of box. Itherefore purpose to provide means tov accommodate oversize mail byrecessing .the two side walls ofthe box to leave a pair of openings(9)adjacent the,back wall, so 'that an envelop or the like may be receivedand supported by the receptacle Without danger of the same becomingdislodged. The openings in. some respects resemble a supporting shelf,and the vdimensions of the same may be such as, to

accommodate several pieces of mail of considerable thickness.

The provision of these openings will' not add tothe cost of production;at the same time the will greatly increase the valuation of t e box froma selling standpoint,

and also add to the attractiveness and con.

venience of the same.

I claim: 4 Y A sheet metal mail receptacle having four walls, a bottomand an open top, the back wall of the receptacle adapted'to be fixed toa supporting structure andthe top edges of the oppositel disposed sidewallsadjacent wv'. v the back wal being c ut to leave relatively Y deepandwide openings with the back wall forming one vertical side'for theback of the openings substantially as and for the pur- CHARLES E.ARNOLD.

